Electricity/ Chemistry
Energy
Engineering
US States
Books
100
This device stores chemical energy and converts it to electrical energy to power flashlights and toys.
What is a battery?
100
When you feel warmth from a fire or the sun, you're experiencing this form of energy.
What is heat energy?
100
This word means continuously altering something until it works well enough.
What is tinkering?
100
These three states make up the West Coast of the US.
What is Washington, Oregon, and California?
100
This author wrote the Harry Potter series.
Who is JK Rowling?
200
This is the path that electricity follows as it flows through wires and components.
What is a circuit? (or closed circuit)
200
A stretched rubber band or a book sitting on a high shelf has this stored energy.
What is potential energy?
200
When building a bridge, engineers must consider this force that pulls everything down toward Earth.
What is gravity?
200
These two states are not part of the contiguous 48 US states, meaning they are not touching the main landmass that makes up the US.
What is Hawaii and Alaska?
200
This author wrote many beloved rhyming children's books, like Cat in the Hat and Oh the Places You'll Go.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
300
This chart is how scientists organize the elements.
What is the periodic table of elements?
300
Energy sources like wind, solar, and water that can be replaced naturally are called this.
What are renewable energy sources?
300
This word describes when engineers try different materials to find the strongest one for their design.
What is experimenting or testing?
300
This state is known for alligators/swamps, Disney World, a vibrant night life, and lots of rich, retired old people.
What is Florida?
300
This book about a pig and a spider was written by E.B. White.
What is Charlotte's Web?
400
Everything around us is made of this, which takes up space and has mass.
What is matter?
400
Coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of these energy sources that take millions of years to form.
What are fossil fuels?
400
This state is where you'll find cities like Denver, Boulder, and Aspen.
What is Colorado?
400
C.S. Lewis wrote this 7 book series about a fantastical snowy land
What is the Chronicles of Narnia?
500
The tiny particles that make up all matter are called these.
What are atoms or molecules?
500
A moving car, a rolling ball, and a running student all have this type of energy.
What is kinetic energy?
500
The capital of the United States, this US district operates like a mixture of a city and a state.
What is Washington DC?
500
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote this epic 3 part series that inspired countless authors and lore... Dwarves and Elves didn't exist before he imagined them.
What is the Lord of the Rings?